Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Whitley, Reading

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Whitley, Reading, Berkshire

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Whitley, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Reading. We have combined these statitics into an English ward level, as most people are familiar with this geospacial area in their town or city. Here are those 7 marked on a map:

Each area has its own decile score. This is where each LSOA in England is ranked according to the level of deprivation and split into 10 equal groups. A decile score of 1 means the area is in the top 10% of deprived areas, 2 is equal to the top 20% and so forth. To simply these scores and apply them to a ward, we have created the iLiveHere rating. This takes the average decile score of all the LSOAs in a ward and converts that into a rating out of 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. We have then used to traffic light colour system as an at-a-glance reference. As you scroll down this page, the more red ratings you see, the more deprived Whitley is. Indices of Deprivation statistics and are broken down into domains of deprivation or more simply, categories. These category scores are combined using a percentage weighting to give a an LSOA its final indices of deprivation score, decile and rank:

Income Deprivation (22.5%)
Employment Deprivation (22.5%)
Education, Skills and Training Deprivation (13.5%)
Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%)
Crime (9.3%)
Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%)
Living Environment Deprivation (9.3%)

Below we have split the Living Environment Deprivation category into its sub-categories. We think having individual iLiveHere ratings for Inside Environment and Outside Environment provides a better insight to the housing quality and outside space in Whitley. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Whitley

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Whitley. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Reading.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Reading 018E	49.579	2251/32,844	1
Reading 017F	41.41	3880/32,844	2
Reading 017D	37.313	5111/32,844	2
Reading 018D	31.471	7308/32,844	3
Reading 017E	27.388	9356/32,844	3
Reading 018B	23.232	11905/32,844	4
Reading 018C	22.981	12067/32,844	4

Income Deprivation in Whitley

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Whitley. The definition of low income the government uses to compile these statistics includes those who are out-of-work (for any reason, not just unemployment) and those that are in work but satisfy the IMD means tests. In the real world, this means they may qualify for means tested benefits such as Universal Credit or legacy benefits such as Working Tax Credits. You should not to assume that this rating is an indicator of overall poverty in this ward.

LSOA Name	Income Score	Income Rank (England)	Income Decile
Reading 018E	0.266	3367/32,844	2
Reading 017F	0.262	3520/32,844	2
Reading 017D	0.229	5049/32,844	2
Reading 018D	0.195	6940/32,844	3
Reading 017E	0.186	7634/32,844	3
Reading 018C	0.144	11098/32,844	4
Reading 018B	0.135	11950/32,844	4

Employment Deprivation in Whitley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Whitley who are excluded from the jobs market. These are people who are involuntarily deprived of work. The IMD domains include people who are unemployment, those who are sick or disabled, and carers. Since the government no longer publishes percentage figures for unemployment after the introduction of Universal Credit, his is now the only reliable indictor of joblessness in this ward. The higher the iLiveHere rating, the harder it could be to get work.

LSOA Name	Employment Score	Employment Rank (England)	Employment Decile
Reading 018E	0.214	2541/32,844	1
Reading 017F	0.158	5847/32,844	2
Reading 018D	0.142	7250/32,844	3
Reading 017D	0.128	8785/32,844	3
Reading 017E	0.098	12885/32,844	4
Reading 018B	0.097	13120/32,844	4
Reading 018C	0.095	13331/32,844	5

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Whitley

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Whitley population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (4176/32,844) in Whitley is less than the adult average rank (4782/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Reading 018E	71.839	662/32,844	1
Reading 017F	65.23	1180/32,844	1
Reading 017D	52.464	2811/32,844	1
Reading 017E	44.848	4197/32,844	2
Reading 018D	42.06	4855/32,844	2
Reading 018B	37.266	6123/32,844	2
Reading 018C	32.079	7792/32,844	3

Health Deprivation and Disability in Whitley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is indictor of the risk of dying prematurely or having your quality of life impaired through poor physical or mental health in Whitley. The IMD domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality. However, it does not take into consideration but personal behaviour or environmental factors that may be predictive of future health problems. See Outdoor Deprivation for depivation that includes environmental factors such as local pullution levels.

LSOA Name	Health Score	Health Rank (England)	Health Decile
Reading 018E	1.098	3538/32,844	2
Reading 017D	0.747	6397/32,844	2
Reading 017F	0.739	6484/32,844	2
Reading 018D	0.591	8049/32,844	3
Reading 018C	0.358	10883/32,844	4
Reading 017E	0.017	15744/32,844	5
Reading 018B	0	16022/32,844	5

Crime Deprivation in Whitley

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Whitley. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.

LSOA Name	Crime Score	Crime Rank (England)	Crime Decile
Reading 017D	0.626	7384/32,844	3
Reading 017F	0.608	7631/32,844	3
Reading 018E	0.531	8667/32,844	3
Reading 018D	0.465	9557/32,844	3
Reading 017E	0.071	15572/32,844	5
Reading 018B	0.012	16482/32,844	6
Reading 018C	-0.239	20183/32,844	7

There were 338 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Whitley in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Whitley

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Whitley. I bad rating in an urban area indicates how unaffordable the housing could be. A bad rating in a rural area is an indicator of the absense of local services.

LSOA Name	Barriers Score	Barriers Rank (England)	Barriers Decile
Reading 018E	39.018	2479/32,844	1
Reading 017D	37.919	2862/32,844	1
Reading 017E	35.244	3970/32,844	2
Reading 017F	32.008	5648/32,844	2
Reading 018B	31.986	5667/32,844	2
Reading 018C	30.813	6411/32,844	2
Reading 018D	24.877	11255/32,844	4

Inside Environment Deprivation in Whitley

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Whitley. A bad rating in an equally income deprived ward, could be because of poorly maintained rented accomodation. A bad rating in a non income deprived area, could be because the small size of housing in relation to costs.

LSOA Name	Inside Score	Inside Rank (England)	Inside Decile
Reading 018D	-0.047	17203/32,844	6
Reading 018B	-0.165	19080/32,844	6
Reading 017E	-0.23	20090/32,844	7
Reading 018C	-0.31	21301/32,844	7
Reading 017D	-0.425	22897/32,844	7
Reading 017F	-0.574	24845/32,844	8
Reading 018E	-1.115	29821/32,844	10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Whitley

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Whitley. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.

LSOA Name	Outside Score	Outside (England)	Outside Decile
Reading 017D	0.437	9065/32,844	3
Reading 018E	0.3	10744/32,844	4
Reading 017F	0.175	12499/32,844	4
Reading 018D	0.174	12513/32,844	4
Reading 018B	0.159	12733/32,844	4
Reading 017E	0.125	13227/32,844	5
Reading 018C	-0.063	16326/32,844	5

Source: English indices of deprivation 2019
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Disclaimer: Although every care has been taken to make sure there are no mistakes in the data presented on this page, you should verify these figures with the official data source.

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